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Love all these tips. Ivan had suggested to me a while ago to try chewing the tablet up which i have been doing with water. Worked faster but not real fast. when the comment was made about carbonation, I remembered that I was told to take Carafate for heartburn with soda water to speed up the results. so this morning I tried Ivans advice with Perrier Water (not that Im a snob but walmart was out of soda water and it was all I could get) and it did in fact speed things up considerably. I would think that in the case of cola and mt dew that the caffine might help as well. sugar too. I wonder if anyone has made Jolt in carbonated form. Only one thing thought, I couldnt start my day with a DQ blizzard. A little radical. :-) Jennifer Smith Kathrynne Holden, MS,RD wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > Wonder what each of you thinks about Mt. Dew soda as compared to > > Coca-Cola. > > Ingredients in Mt. Dew include Parkie-friendly ingredients (Kathrynne - > > what do you have to say, oh diet guru that you are?): > > - high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar > > - concentrated orange juice > > - citric acid > > - carbonated water. > > Diet guru?! Um, well....... > I've looked up Mountain Dew in a food composition database, and sad to > say it does not appear to have any nutritive values except for > carbohydrates (sugar). But that could simply be because the company did > not provide a detailed nutrient analysis, and the USDA hasn't gotten > around to analyzing it yet. With concentrated OJ and citric acid, there > should be some vitamin C content. > > I have heard, though have not been able to substantiate with any > pharmacists I've talked to, that carbonation dissolves the Sinemet > faster, thus the boost. And I suspect that carbohydrates in the form of > simple sugars may aid, as well. So a carbonated drink would be a very > good way to speed Sinemet delivery to the brain. > > > I find that Coca-Cola helps also, but more slowly. It seems to me > > to be sweeter, more syrupy, and can knock me into dyskinesia. > > Mountain Dew works faster, more predictably, and more evenly, for me, > > at least. > > Could well be true for others as well. Or again, it could be highly > individual. In any case, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! > > > In either case, a quick energy boost can be obtained form Reese's Peanut > > Butter Cups --( Barb Mallut and other PWP chocolate lovers can confirm?)! > > Aw, come on -- what about a Dairy Queen Blizzard?! Works for me every > time. > > Best, > Kathrynne > > -- > Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD > Medical nutrition therapy > Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" > "Parkinson's disease: assessing and managing unique nutrition needs" > http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ -- Ars Longa - Vita Brevis Art is Long - Life is short :(:) )